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Alpha Company sold equipment for $94,000 on December 31, 2023. The equipment had been purchased on January 2, 2021 for $120,000 and had an adjusted

Alpha Company sold equipment for $94,000 on December 31, 2023.  The equipment had been purchased on January 2, 2021 for $120,000 and had an adjusted basis of $82,000 at the date of the sale.  For 2021, what should Alpha report?

 a.

A Sec. 1231 gain of $12,000 and $6,000 of ordinary income.  

 

 b.

A Sec. 1231 gain of $6,000 and $6,000 of ordinary income.

 

 c.

A Sec. 1231 gain of $12,000.

 

 d.

Ordinary income of $12,000

 

 e.

None of the choices presented are correct.

 

 

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